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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1937
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
MIDDLETON
FLINT
SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1938
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Town Meeting Warrant
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Middleton, in the County of Essex :
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the in- habitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Tuesday, the fifteenth day of March next, at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE 1. To authorize the Selectmen to appoint such other Town Officers as are required to be chosen annually.
ARTICLE 2. To see what action the Town will take to defray the Town expenses for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1938, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Electric Light Department to use the earnings of the department for the ensuing year, agreeable to the petition of the Electric Light Commissioners.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the refund of the dog taxes shall be transferred to the Library fund.
ARTICLE 6. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the letting of the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to purchase materials for W. P. A. or other Federal Relief Projects, to be spent under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 81-Roads; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by Fed- eral, State or County, or all, for this purpose, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 90-Roads, the same to be expended in conjunction with the State allotment.
ARTICLE 10. On the petition of Myrtle Mitchell and twenty others to see if the Town will vote to have street lights extended on and along Boston Street and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the same.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use such free cash in the Treasury as they, in their best judgment, feel is warranted and is approved by the Commissioner of Corpor- ations and Taxation for the purpose of reducing the tax rate.
ARTICLE 12. On petition of Merton W. Punchard and sixty others to see if the Town will vote to accept Hill- dale Avenue to the junction of Riverview Avenue to Oak Road.
ARTICLE 13. On petition of Archibald L. Jones and twenty-three others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred dollars to be used for the purchase of materials for a W. P. A. project to build a permanent Band Stand in the Park.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to re-value the assessed property in the Town and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the same.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the expenditure of Twenty-five hundred dollars from the Road Machinery Fund to maintain equipment.
You are hereby required to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the adjourned meeting at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 21 next for the following purposes, viz : To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year :
Moderator, Town Clerk, three Selectmen, one Assessor for three years, one member of the Public Welfare Board for three years, one member of the School Committee for one year, and one member for three years, Highway Surveyor, two Trustees of the Flint Public Library for three years, Constable, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Tree War- den, Superintendent of Burials, Custodian of the Town Hall, one Electric Light Commissioner for three years, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
The polls will be open at 5:45 A. M. and may be closed at 5:00 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at Town Hall, Post Office, and Store at Howe Station, in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight.
ARCHIBALD L. JONES, GEORGE B. OGDEN HAROLD E. TYLER
Selectmen of Middleton.
A true copy.
Attest : GEORGE H. WEBBER, Constable.
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1937
FLINT
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UNDED IN 172
MIDDLETON
PUBLI
LIBRARY
SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1938
INDEX
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1937
7
Balance Sheet
34
Cemetery Endowment Report
42
Cemetery Department -
27
Charities -
23
David Cummings' Fund
45
General Government
11
Health Department
19
Highway Department
20
Henry K. Mansfield Fund
45
Middleton Electric Light Account
28
Municipal Indebtedness
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32
Protection of Persons and Property
17
School Construction
26
School and Library
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25
Soldiers and State Aid
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25
Town Officers
4
Town Officers Salaries -
14
Town Treasurer's Account
36
Unclassified Account
30
PART II
Assessors' Report
Dog Officer's Report
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57
Electric Light Commissioners Report
69
Fire Department Report -
64
Flint Public Library Fund -
54
Highway Department Report -
65
Inspector of Cattle Report
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58
Jurors List
53
Librarian's Report
55
Moth Department Report
59
Public Welfare
56
Payroll Analysis
49
Police Department Report
56
Recommendations Finance Committee
74
State Audit Report
71
Selectmen's Report
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68
School Reports -
79
Tax Collector's Report -
63
Town Clerk's Report -
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
George B. Ogden
Term expires March, 1938
Town Clerk
Wayne A. Giles
Term expires March, 1938
Treasurer
George E. Gifford
Term expires March, 1938
Selectmen
A. L. Jones, Chairman Harold E. Tyler, Clerk
George B. Ogden
Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1938
Board of Public Welfare
Richard Floyd, Chairman
Austin C. Peabody, Clerk
Jessie M. Colbert
Term expires March, 1940 Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1939
Board of Health
Harold E. Tyler George B. Ogden
A. L. Jones
Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1938
Board of Assessors
William T. Martin, Jr., Chairman Term expires March, 1939 Fred L. Currier, Clerk Term expires March, 1938 Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1940
School Committee
Wayne A. Giles, Chairman Term expires March, 1940 Mrs. Ethel M. Stewart, Clerk Term expires March, 1938 Raymond W. Silvernail Term expires March, 1938
Highway Surveyor
J. Roy Osborne
Term expires March, 1938
Tax Collector
Sidney R. Rollins Term expires March, 1938
Tree Warden Term expires March, 1938
Burton McGlauflin
Moderator
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TOWN OFFICERS
Moth Superintendent
Burton McGlauflin Term expires January, 1938
Constable
George H. Webber Term expires March, 1938
Chief of Police
George H. Webber Term expires May, 1938
Superintendent of Burial
William Bewsher Term expires March, 1938
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1938
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1939
Forest Fire Warden
Sidney R. Rollins Term expires January, 1938
Chief of Fire Department
Sidney R. Rollins Term expires May, 1938
Board of Fire Engineers
William H. Sanborn, Chairman Term expires May, 1938
Sefton Earl
Term expires May, 1938
Walter Paine Term expires May, 1938
Richard B. Floyd
Term expires May, 1938
William M. Young Term expires May, 1938
Sealer of Weights and Measures
William H. Young Term expires May, 1938
Electric Light Commissioners
A. L. Jones, Chairman Term expires March, 1940
Richard B. Floyd, Clerk Term expires March, 1939
Harold Murphy Term expires March, 1938
Electric Light Manager
A. B. Harrington
Term expires May, 1938
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TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees Flint Public Library
George E. Barnaby
William R. Godfrey
Henry A. Young
William H. Sanborn
Harley M. Tyler
Roger F. Clapp
Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1938
Term expires March, 1939
Term expires March, 1939
Term expires March, 1940 Term expires March, 1940
Cemetery Commissioners
J. Allen Atwood, Chairman George E. Barnaby, Clerk
Arthur Peabody
Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1940 Term expires March, 1939
Finance Committee
H. M. Richardson, Chairman
Oscar Bell
William S. Colton,
W. W. Richardson
Term expires March, 1939
Frederick E. Burnham
Term expires March, 1940
Registrars of Voters
Edward Coffin
Charles Pasquale
Walter O. Parker
Term expires March, 1939 Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1940
Town Counsel
William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1938
TRUSTEES
B. F. Emerson Fund
Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts Roger F. Clapp George E. Barnaby Harley M. Tyler
William R. Godfrey
Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
David Cummings Fund Board of Public Welfare
Term expires March, 1940 Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1939
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending, December 31, 1937
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ANALYSIS SHEET
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Town Officers Expenses .
1,200.00
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$300.00
1,500.00
1,413.69
Town Hall
600.00
307.64
907.64
907.64
Police
800.00
125.00
925.00
895.93
Fire
1,700.00
Moth
888.00
888.00
888.00
Tree Warden
500.00
500.00
500.00
Health
800.00
800.00
417.41
187.50
195.09
Essex Sanatorium
782.31
Dental Clinic
260.00
37.50
297.50
297.50
Road Machinery Fund
746.70
$5,282.56
6,029.26
3,458.79
Highways, Chapter 81
4,500.00
4,359.87
10.49
9,010.49
9,010.49
Highways, Chapter 90
1,000.00
1,000.00
.54
2,000.54
2,000.54
Hig's, Chap. 90 Boston St.
3,845.06
51,860.13
79.69
55,784.88
57,945.91
Snow
500.00
400.00
900.00
897.63
Fencing
150.00
150.00
146.82
3.18
Lake Street Fence
100.00
100.00
100.00
Bridge
150.00
150.00
134.15
15.85
Sidewalks
100.00
100.00
88.30
11.70
Street Lighting
2,700.00
2,700.00
2,700.00
Public Welfare
11,500.00
11,500.00
10,994.35
500.00
5.65
Old Age Assistance
8,500.00
541.86
9,041.86
9,041.86
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Mothers Aid
255.00
255.00
255.00
·
Federal Commodities Dist.
250.00
68.26
318.26
318.26
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1,700.00
1,682.01
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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O. A. Asst. Fed. Grant
7,811.25
7,811.25
7,811.25
O. A. Asst. " Adm.
32.26
260.32
292.58
256.31
36.27*
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·
$3,703.00
$3,703.00
$3,703.00
$ 86.31
29.07
17.99
782.31
782.31
1,500.00
1,070.47*
2.37
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Town Officers Salaries
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
:Balance to Revenue
Soldiers' Relief
525.00
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.
525.00
476 67
18.33
School Construction
50,380.66
42,893.71
93,274.37
93,274.37
Vocational Education
150.00
150.00
110.00
Library
600.00
155.65
755.45
755.45
Memorial Day
250.00
250.00
235.45
14.55
Insurance
1,300.00
1,300.00
1,300.00
14.16
Mansfield Fund
2,835.07
$ 286.69
3,121.76
2,947.91
173.85*
Park Equipment
350.00
850.00
341.00
9.00
Reserve Fund .
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,645.71
154.29
Cemetery
1,100.00
9.52
1,109.52
1,107.05
2.47
Cemetery Endowment
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9 90
32,975 60
32,947 14
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28 46*
Electric Light Deprecia'n
1,703.18
1,461 43
3,164 61
706 83
2,457 78*
Elec. Lt. Meter Deposits
1,039.26
345.00
1,384 26
278 86
9 90
1,095 50*
Revenue Notes
35,000.00
69,000.00
1,907.49
6,607.49
6,200.00
400.00
7.49
Dog Tax .
309.20
309.20
County Tax
2,978.26
State Tax
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.
407.49
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$ 425.00
$ 310 00
$115.00
School
·
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
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225.55
225.55
225.55
235.00*
Electric Light Dept.
20.62
10 00
235.00
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3,949.41
Bond Premium
407.49
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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40.00
Contingent Fund
1,184.92
26.97
1,184.92
1,170.76
26.97*
W. P. A. Projects
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,000.00
Interest
.
·
69,000.00
35,000.00*
Funded Debt
4,700 00
State Aid
$ 425.00
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Lots and Graves Fund
32,945.08
10
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Tax Abatements, Refunds
Estimated Receipts
$23,641.54
Accounts Receivable
11,697.61
Tax Title Account
2,532.92
1935 Tax Levy
30.61
1936 Excise Tax
418.37
1936 Poll Tax .
38.00
1936 Tax Levy
19,361.31
1937 Excise Tax
2,795.94
1937 Poll Tax
822.00
1937 Tax Levy
·
38,333.54
$316,819.50
$363,523.37
$772.50
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* Balance carried forward.
ANALYSIS SHEET
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$68 03
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1937
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES:
CURRENT YEAR:
Property
$39,567 58
Poll
822 00
PREVIOUS YEARS:
Property
19,392 00
Poll
38 00
Tax Title Redemption
2,532 92
FROM THE STATE:
Corporation
7,705 60
Income
6,448 00
Soldiers' Exemption
18 06
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
825 00
All Other
123 50
948 50
FINES:
District Court
105 00
105 00
GRANTS AND GIFTS:
FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION:
Support of Public Schools
36 68
Aid to Industrial Schools
175 00
High School Tuition
2,729 86
High School Transportation
1,197 96
Union Superintendency
231 21
FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
Highways, Chapter 81 4,427 73
Inspection of Animals
87 50
$76,524 16
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM COUNTY: Dog Licenses
$ 155 45
FEDERAL FUNDS
Old Age Assistance
8,071 57
Dependent Children
255 00
New School Construction
42,021 24
59,389 20
PRIVILEGES:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
3,214 31
3,214 31
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE:
Selectmen
$24 50
FINANCIAL:
Treasurer
28 00
Collector
26 80
MUNICIPAL BUILDING:
Town Hall 296 80
376 10
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Fire department
2 44
Sealing of weights and measures
26 08
Insect pest extermination
25 63
Reimbursements for dog officer
85 30
139 45
HEALTH:
Tuberculosis
206 43
Dental clinic
111 00
317 43
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
HIGHWAYS:
General
$ 1,017 00
Construction
51,860 13
Snow and ice removal
15 00
Road machinery fund
5,282 56
58,174 69
CHARITIES:
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF:
Other cities and towns
3,560 41
State
3,781 67
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR MOTHERS' AID: State
499 33
REIMBURSEMENTS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
Other cities and towns
70 00
State
3,579 77
11,491 18
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
State aid
420 00
420 00
SCHOOLS:
Refund
172 41
172 41
UNCLASSIFIED:
Memorial day
3 00
Sale of land
110 00
113 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT:
Sale of power
29,216 66
Miscellaneous
4,073 42
PUBLIC SCALES
138 65
CEMETERIES:
Sale of lots and graves
75 00
Care of lots and graves
300 00
Care of endowed lots
225 55
33,428 73
600 55
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
INTEREST:
On deferred taxes
$936 30
On deferred excise taxes Miscellaneous
26 97
982 54
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:
Anticipation revenue loans
60,000 00
Anticipation temporary loans
9,700 00
Premiums
407 49
70,107 49
AGENCY:
Dog taxes
309 20
309 20
REFUNDS:
General department
5 56
5 56
Total receipts
$316,819 50
EXPENDITURES
DEPARTMENTAL
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES : Appropriation
$2,573 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
A. L. Jones
$100 00
George B. Ogden
100 00
Harold E. Tyler
100 00
ASSESSORS:
Leverett G. Davis
156 25
Lyman S. Wilkins
175 00
William T. Martin, Jr.
275 00
Fred L. Currier
43 75
$300 00
650 00
19 27
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
REGISTRARS:
Lennart Winquist
$12 00
Walter O. Parker
12 00
William G. Turnbull W. A. Giles
12 00
$ 48 00
MODERATOR:
George B. Ogden
25 00
TOWN CLERK:
W. A. Giles
200 00
TOWN TREASURER:
Harry H. Bradstreet
$ 65 00
George E. Gifford
235 00
$300 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Elmer O. Campbell
400 00
TAX COLLECTOR:
Sidney R. Rollins
400 00
TOWN COUNSEL:
Wm. H. McSweeney
250 00
$2573 00
TOWN HALL:
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from Reserve
307 64
Appropriation-Salary
500 00
$1,407 64
EXPENDITURES
H. A. Young, Janitor
$500 00
Fuel and light
288 28
Water and telephone
92 48
Painting and repairs
392 55
Supplies
134 33
$1,407 64
12 00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES : Appropriation
$1,200 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
150 00
Transferred from Health Fund 150 00
$1500 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
Supplies-Printing
$ 57 50
Postage
14 91
Transportation
148 59
Selectmen Association Dues
6 00
Counsel Fees
150 00
$ 377 00
TOWN TREASURER:
Supplies
$ 18 84
Postage
63 94
Office Equipment
271 75
Certifying Notes
10 00
Safe Deposit Box
15 00
Tax Title Deeds
28 00
Land Court
62 00
$469 53
ASSESSORS:
Supplies and Printing
$47 91
Abstracts
46 75
Transportation
33 00
TAX COLLECTOR:
Supplies and Printing
$80 18
Tax Sale Expenses
78 30
Tax Sale Advertisement
30 00
Postage
70 00
Office Equipment
63 75
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Supplies and Printing
40 80
Postage
15 50
$127 66
$322 23
$56 30
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
TOWN CLERK:
Supplies and Printing
$5 55
Postage
11 63
Birth Canvas
39 14
56 32
REGISTRARS:
Printing and Postage
4 65
4 65
Total expenditures
$1,413 69
Transferred to revenue
86 31
$1,500 00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
$ 800 00
Appropriation Transferred from reserve 125 00
$ 925 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$595 58
Automobile repairs, gas and oil
223 34
Supplies and equipment
77 00
Total expenditures
$895 93
Transferred to revenue
29 07
$925 00
CONSTABLE'S SALARY :
Appropriation
$35 00
EXPENDITURES
George H. Webber
35 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT : Appropriation $1,700 00
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$487 00
Salary, S. R. Rollins
200 00
Salaries, firemen
100 00
Equipment and repairs
116 80
Equipment, forest fires
337 68
Gasoline and oil
47 95
Building maintenance
262 09
Fuel and light
71 30
Office supplies and telephone
18 19
Medical services
41 00
Total expenditures
$1,682 01
Transferred to revenue
17 99
$1,700 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Appropriation
$100 00
William H. Young
100 00
TREE WARDEN :
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$464 95
Team
34 75
Supplies
30
$500 00
MOTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$888 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$750 35
Team
125 25
Supplies
12 40
$888 00
EXPENDITURES
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES
Essex Sanatorium, care of patients
$66 30
Contagious disease cases
7 80
Labor on dump
6 00
Vaccine treatments
77 30
Albert Sheldon, dog officer
22 01
L. S. Wilkins, care of dogs
19 00
W. A. Giles, agent
40 00
Lillian B. Goodrich, agent
20 00
Recording vital statistics
159 00
Total expenditures
417 41
Transferred to dental clinic
37 50
" Town Officers' expenses
150 00
" revenue
195 09
$800 00
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT :
Appropriation
$782 31
County treasurer
782 31
DENTAL CLINIC:
Appropriation
$260 00
Transferred from health dept.
37 50
$297 50
EXPENDITURES
Dr. W. J. S. McNally, dentist
297 50
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING SALARY : Appropriation
$25 00
EXPENDITURES
L. S. Wilkins 25 00
$800 00
EXPENDITURES
20
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
CATTLE INSPECTOR SALARY :
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES
$175 00
L. S. Wilkins 175 00
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81 :
Appropriation
$4,500 00
Received from the State
4,359 87
Due from the State
140 13
Transferred from reserve
10 59
$9,010 59
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$3,592 90
Truck hire
1,532 63
Roller hire
143 00
Shovel hire
232 50
Compressor hire
79 69
Sand, stone and gravel
562 34
Tarvia and asphalt
1,017 82
Signs
154 60
Supplies
167 50
Transferred to road machinery fund
1,527 61
$9,010 59
HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE :
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Received from the State
1,000 00
Transferred from reserve
44
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$447 91
Truck hire
133 00
Roller hire
144 38
Sand, stone and gravel
150 56
Tarvia and asphalt
984 94
Supplies
4 50
Transferred to road machinery fund
135 15
$2,000 44
$2,000 44
21
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
FENCING :
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$80 05
Truck hire
8 00
Supplies
38 77
Transferred to road machinery fund
20 00
Total expenditures
146 82
Transferred to revenue
3 18
$150 00
HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90-BOSTON STREET :
Appropriation
$ 2,500 00
Balance January 1, 1937
1,345 06
Received from the State
31,866 38
Received from the County
19,985 75
Refund
8 00
Due from the State and County
6,248 77
$61,953 96
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$16,961 22
Truck hire
6,844 82
Shovel hire
3,582 63
Roller hire
1,439 76
Loader hire
53 50
Sand, stone and gravel
8,673 06
Asphalt and tarvia
10,849 78
Supplies
2,645 37
Bridge
2, 778 22
Land taking
875 00
Transferred to road machinery fund
3,242 55
Total expenditures
57,945 91
Balance carried forward
4,008 05
$61,953 96
LAKE STREET FENCE :
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES
$100 00
New England Fence Co.
100 00
22
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
SIDEWALKS :
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$52 80
Truck hire
19 50
Transferred to road machinery fund
16 00
Total expenditures
88 30
Transferred to revenue
11 70
$100 00
BRIDGES :
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$74 95
Truck hire
35 50
Supplies
10 70
Transferred to road machinery fund
13 00
Total expenditures
$134 15
Transferred to revenue
15 85
$150 00
SNOW :
Appropriation
$500 00
Transferred from funded debt
400 00
$900 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$345 95
Truck hire
210 50
Sand
112 03
Supplies
47 90
Transferred to road machinery fund
181 25
Total expeditures
897 63
Transferred to revenue
2 37
$900 00
ROAD MACHINERY FUND :
Balance January 1, 1937
$ 746 70
Transferred from Highway department
5,169 65
Rentals
113 00
$6,029 26
23
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
EXPENDITURES
Gasoline and oil
$1,484 19
Repairs and parts
1,577 16
Equipment
234 44
Storage
159 00
Insurance and registration
4 00
Note on autocar
1,500 00
Total expenditures
$4,958 79
Balance carried forward
1,070 47
$6,019 26
STREET LIGHTING :
Appropriation
$2,700 00
EXPENDITURES
Middleton Electric Light Department
$2,700 00
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE SALARIES :
Appropriation $250 00
EXPENDITURES
A. C. Peabody, clerk
$100 00
R. B. Floyd
75 00
Jessie M. Colbert
75 00
$250 00
PUBLIC WELFARE :
Appropriation
$10,000 00
Federal Grant-mothers' aid
255 00
Special appropriation
1,500 00
$11,755 00
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES:
Transportation-investigation
$59 66
Supplies, postage and telephone
48 12
107 78
24
CHARITIES ACCOUNT
Cash payments
$3,173 75
Groceries, fuel and clothing
4,853 65
Mothers' aid
599 00
Medical aid
988 43
Board
14 00
Other towns
1,380 74
Burial expenses
132 00
Total expenditures
$11,249 35
Transferred to Old Age Assistance
500 00
Transferred to revenue
5 65
$11,755 00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE :
Appropriation
$8,500 00
Federal grant old age assistance
7,811 25
Transferred from Public Welfare
500 00
Transferred from reserve
41 86
$16,853 11
EXPENDITURES
Cash payments
$16,564 00
Burial expenses
66 00
Other towns
223 11
Total expenditures
$16,853 11
OLD AGE ASST. ADMINISTRATION FED. GRANT :
Balance January 1, 1937
$ 32 26
Federal grant
260 32
$292 58
EXPENDITURES
Old age assistance administration expense
256 31
Balance carried forward
36 27
$292 58
FEDERAL COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTION : Appropriation $250 00
Transferred from reserve
68 26
318 16
25
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
EXPENDITURES
Trucking
$147 00
Distribution
104 00
Commissary charge
59 35
Supplies
7 91
Total expenditures 318 26
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
STATE AID :
Appropriation
$425 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
$310 00
Transferred to revenue
115 00
$425 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF :
Appropriation
$525 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
$476 67
Transferred to revenue
48 33
$525 00
SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION :
Appropriation $150 00
EXPENDITURES
Transportation
$110 00
Transferred to revenue
40 00
$150 00
SCHOOLS :
Appropriation
Special appropriation
$25,000 00
3,000 00
$28,000 00
26
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
EXPENDITURES
SALARIES:
Teachers and Supervisors
Physician
$10,815 76 70 00
Nurse
408 00
$11,293 76
GENERAL EXPENSES:
Salary-superintendent
$351 00
Salary-clerk
75 00
Expenses-superintendent
112 99
Expenses-committee
195 21
734 20
Books and supplies
948 49
Tuition
6,095 09
Transportation
4,515 44
Janitor service
1,109 90
Buildings and ground maintenance
1,535 56
Fuel and light
466 86
Furniture
577 40
Insurance
618 27
Miscellaneous
105 03
Total expenditures
$28,000 00
LIBRARY :
Appropriation
$600 00
Dog tax
155 45
$755 45
EXPENDITURES
On order
$755 45
(For detailed report see trustees' report)
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
Balance January 1, 1937
$50,380 66
P. W. A. federal grant
42,021 24
Insurance refund
172 41
Note
700 06
Due architect
198 84
$93,473 21
27
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
EXPENDITURES
General contract
$80,726 08
Equipment contract
4,809 70
Architect
5;278 95
Clerk of works
1,666 05
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